Summer holiday trip 2007: Verzasca Dam, Ticino, Switzerland

The Verzasca Dam is a 220 meter (722 feet) high arch hydroelectric dam in the Valle Verzasca (Verzasca Valley), Canton of Ticino, southern Italian speaking part of Switzerland. Amie and me came accross the dam during our first half of our summer trip in August 2007 in Switzerland, when entering the beautiful valley of Verzasca (Valle Verzasca) located in the Locarno district of the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

The dam was constructed between 1960 and 1965 and forms the Vogorno lake (Lago di Vogorno), an artificial reservoir. Made of concrete, the structure dams the Verzasca River and retains over 100 million cubic meters of water. It is (as of 2007) the 25th tallest dam in the world.

The dam gained a certain popularity as it was part of the opening scene of the 1995 James Bond film Goldeneye, in which James Bond jumps off the top of the dam in an attempt to gain access to the heavily guarded Russian chemical weapons factory below, reaching a speed of up to 120mph during his eight-second freefall down the studded concrete wall. Today, this is the biggest bungee jump in the world.

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[inforockasecca]

Bellissimi posti e bel video, complimenti! Saluti da Valerio Minicillo di NON C'E' COSA PIU' BELLA

[luckylaika]

@inforockasecca thanks for your post!

[badturkali]

is this where goldeneye was shot ?

[luckylaika]

yes badturkali, the dam was part of the opening scene of the 1995 James Bond film Goldeneye, in which James Bond jumps off the top of the dam in an attempt to gain access to the heavily guarded Russian chemical weapons factory below, reaching a speed of up to 120mph during his eight-second freefall down the studded concrete wall. Today, this is the biggest bungee jump in the world.

[bwayne0316]

my auntie stays 5 mins doon the road from the dam, in minusio.

Very nice place to visit/stay

[luckylaika]

We might have seen her when driving through Minusio with the car on the way to the dam... ;-)

[lamortedietrolangolo]

I live there! Ahahah

[badturkali]

whats the facility like down there ?

just like the film

[badasssucker]

yes

[badturkali]

is that facility down there with the soldiers ?

u no the toilet scene with bond